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North American Electric Reliability Corporation (NERC) is a non-profit entity that develops and enforces reliability standards to promote adequate and consistent bulk electrical power in North America. NERC enforces standards, monitors reliability, investigates disruptions and trains and certifies power industry personnel. less -

Energy & Sustainability Washington Update – August 2024

Mintz - Energy & Sustainability Viewpoints on 7/30/2024

New Bipartisan Energy Permitting Reform Legislation - US Senators Joe Manchin (I-WV) and John Barrasso (R-WY), Chairman and Ranking Member of the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee, have unveiled the Energy...more

Summary of FERC Meeting Agenda for June 2024

White & Case LLP on 6/26/2024

Summaries of the agenda items for the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission's monthly open meeting to be held on June 27, 2024, pursuant to the sunshine notice released on June 20, 2024. ...more

FERC Meeting Agenda Summaries for April 2024

Perkins Coie on 4/24/2024

Below are brief summaries of the agenda items for the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission’s (FERC or the Commission) open meeting to be held on April 25th, at 10:00 a.m. ET. The summaries below are based on publicly...more

NERC Requests Approval To Expand Registration And Compliance Obligations To A New Category of Entities: Category 2 GOs/GOPs

Husch Blackwell LLP on 4/19/2024

NERC recently filed rule changes with FERC that propose to significantly expand NERC registration and compliance requirements to inverter based resources, such as renewable energy and battery facilities, that historically...more

DOE’s Grid Liftoff report and Transmission Interconnection Roadmap prioritize grid capacity and reliability

Hogan Lovells on 4/19/2024

On Tuesday, April 16, the U.S. Department of Energy (“DOE”) published a new report as part of its “Pathways to Commercial Liftoff” initiative, focused on the strategies for innovative and reliable grid deployment. The same...more

NERC Files Revisions to Rules of Procedure Subjecting Certain Unregistered Inverter Based Resources to Mandatory Reliability...

Vinson & Elkins LLP on 4/3/2024

On March 19, 2024, the North American Electric Reliability Corporation (“NERC”) asked the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (“FERC”) to approve revisions to NERC’s Rules of Procedure (“ROP”) that would require certain...more

FERC Meeting Agenda Summaries for February 2024

Perkins Coie on 2/14/2024

Below are brief summaries of the agenda items for the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission’s (FERC or the Commission) open meeting to be held on February 15th, at 10:00 a.m. ET. The summaries below are based on publicly...more

FERC February 2024 Open Meeting Preview

Foley Hoag LLP on 2/12/2024

The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (“FERC”) will host its February Open Meeting on Thursday, February 15, 2024. The Sunshine Act Meeting Notice (“Notice”) issued February 8, 2024, indicates that FERC intends to take...more

NERC Submits Work Plan for New Reliability Requirements to Apply to Inverter-Based Resources

Mintz - Energy & Sustainability Viewpoints on 1/29/2024

On January 17, 2024, the North American Electric Reliability Corporation (“NERC”)[1] submitted an informational filing[2] to the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (“FERC”) providing NERC’s plan (the “Work Plan”) to develop...more

Texas Updates

K&L Gates LLP on 1/9/2024

Over the last several months there have been a number of developments within the Electric Reliability Council of Texas (ERCOT) region. The most significant have been the issuance of a Joint Blackstart Availability Study and...more

FERC Approves Potential Reduction of Stakeholder Input in Reliability Standard Development

Morgan Lewis - Power & Pipes on 12/13/2023

FERC recently issued an order approving revisions to the North American Electric Reliability Corporation (NERC) Rules of Procedures to modify the rules for developing mandatory reliability standards. These changes, reflected...more

NERC to Develop Inverter-Based Resources Standards

Morgan Lewis - Power & Pipes on 11/30/2023

In 2022, FERC began issuing directives aimed at ensuring that the reliability of the bulk-power system is protected from potential risks posed by the growing number of inverter-based resources (IBRs) connected to the electric...more

FERC Staff Issues Winter Reliability Assessment Report

Troutman Pepper on 11/27/2023

On November 16, 2023, FERC staff issued the 2023-2024 Winter Energy Market and Electric Reliability Assessment report, projecting trends and identifying considerations for energy markets and electric reliability for the...more

FERC Directs NERC to Develop Reliability Standards for Inverter Based Resources

Troutman Pepper on 11/9/2023

On October 19, 2023, FERC issued a final rule directing the North American Reliability Corporation (“NERC”) to develop or modify reliability standards to address reliability concerns attributable to inverter-based resources...more

FERC Requires Enhanced NERC Reliability Standards to Support Clean Energy Transition

Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP on 11/6/2023

On October 19, 2023, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) directed the North American Electric Reliability Corporation (NERC) to submit new or modified Reliability Standards that address the impacts of...more

FERC Directs NERC To Update Reliability Standards To Address Reliability Gaps Related to IBRs

Perkins Coie on 11/3/2023

Amid the rapidly increasing pace of nonsynchronous resources being added to the electric grid, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC or the Commission) issued Order No. 901 on October 19, 2023. This order directs the...more

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission Orders Development of Inverter-Based Reliability Standards

K&L Gates LLP on 10/30/2023

On 19 October 2023, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) issued a final rule directing the North American Reliability Corporation (NERC) to develop new or modified reliability standards to tackle the issue of grid...more

Chambers Global Practice Guides: Alternative Energy and Power 2023

Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP on 8/22/2023

Inflation Reduction Act - Perhaps the most significant recent develop- ment in the area of alternative energy, the Infla- tion Reduction Act of 2022 (IRA) offers approxi- mately USD270 billion in tax incentives to help...more

Client Alert: FERC Order No. 2023: Implications and Unanswered Questions

Jenner & Block on 8/11/2023

On July 28, 2023, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) issued its long awaited final rule, Order No. 2023, directing all public utility transmission providers to revise their pro forma generator interconnection...more

NERC is Expanding Registration Requirements to Include Certain Renewable Generators and Battery Facilities

Husch Blackwell LLP on 6/22/2023

The North American Electric Reliability Corporation (“NERC”) is developing an expansion of its registration requirements to include certain owners and operators of inverter-based resources by creating a new registered entity...more

A Look at the Permitting Provisions in the Fiscal Responsibility Act

Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP on 6/5/2023

On Wednesday, May 31, the House of Representatives voted 314-117, to send the Fiscal Responsibility Act (H.R. 3746; the “Act”) to the Senate. The permitting reform provisions tracked the deal announced by the White House and...more

FERC Meeting Agenda Summaries for May 2023

Perkins Coie on 5/17/2023

Below are brief summaries of the agenda items for the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission’s (FERC or the Commission) open meeting to be held on May 18, 2023, at 10:00 a.m. ET. The summaries below are based on publicly...more

FERC Issues Final Rule Establishing Incentive Rate Treatment for Eligible Cybersecurity Investments

Troutman Pepper on 5/10/2023

Introduction - On April 21, pursuant to FPA Section 219A(c), the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC or Commission) established rules, providing incentive-based rate treatment for utilities making certain voluntary...more

FERC Approves Rate Incentives for Cybersecurity Investments

Morgan Lewis - Power & Pipes on 5/4/2023

FERC has issued its final rule paving the way for incentive-based rate treatment for electric utilities that make certain voluntary cybersecurity investments. As we first noted in 2020 when describing the proposed rule, the...more

FERC Approves Two New Extreme Cold Weather Reliability Standards and Directs Further Modification

Husch Blackwell LLP on 4/27/2023

On February 16, 2023, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (“FERC”) issued an order approving two extreme cold weather reliability standards: EOP-011-3 (Emergency Operations) and EOP-012-1 (Extreme Cold Weather...more

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